TABLE 2.
Specificities of PCR-EIAs and LC assays
| Organism (no. of strains) | Resulta of:
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCR-EIA
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LC assay
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| cppB | 16S rRNA | cppB | 16S rRNA | |
| Neisseria gonorrhoeae (17) | + | + | + | + |
| Neisseria subflava subsp. flava (2) | − | − | − | −/S |
| Neisseria flavescens (2) | − | − | − | −/S |
| Neisseria subflava (2) | − | − | − | −/S |
| Neisseria sicca (2) | − | − | − | −/S |
| Neisseria mucosa (1) | − | − | − | − |
| Neisseria elongata (1) | − | − | − | − |
| Neisseria lactamica (1) | − | − | − | S |
| Neisseria denitrificans (1) | − | − | − | − |
| Neisseria cinerea (1) | − | − | − | S |
| Neisseria perflava (2) | − | − | − | −/S |
a
+, positive; −, negative; −/S, one strain negative and one strain positive with a Tm below 60°C and therefore considered NgNS; S, NgNS.